FIH World Rankings: India Men, Women Remain In Top 10 After Pro League Action
After the rankings were updated on Tuesday, the Indian men's team is placed fifth while the women's team is in ninth spot.
After their home round of the FIH Pro League matches, the Indian men’s and women’s teams got a ranking boost as they consolidated their position in the top 10 in the newly-released FIH World Rankings.
In the Bhubaneswar leg of the FIH Pro League, the Indian women’s team played World champions the Netherlands, Australia, England, Germany, and Spain, while the men’s team took on England, Germany, Spain, and Ireland.
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After the rankings were updated on Tuesday, the Indian men’s team is placed fifth while the women’s team is in ninth spot.
The first two months of 2025 have witnessed some incredible hockey action with events across all tiers of international hockey. The list of tournaments included FIH Hockey Pro League action in three stages: Sydney, Australia; Bhubaneswar, India; and Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
Along with the Pro League, international hockey action was also running in parallel for teams in the next two tiers with the first edition of the FIH Hockey Men’s Nations Cup 2 being played in Oman and the third edition of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup which came to an end on 2 March in Chile.
The hectic hockey action created changes aplenty across the board as each win and loss amongst teams ranked close to each other led to movements up and down in the world rankings.
In the women’s world rankings, Netherlands (3639) hold a healthy lead over second-placed Argentina (3223), who themselves are comfortably ahead of Belgium (3039) in third place, the FIH informed in a statement on Tuesday.
The remaining teams in the Pro League are separated by less than 350 points from fourth to ninth place. Leading the pack are China (2734) in fourth place, followed by Australia (2696) in fifth, Germany (2662) in sixth, Spain (2583) in seventh, England (2440) in eighth, and India (2391) in ninth.
In the men’s world rankings, Olympic champions Netherlands (3241) continue to lead the way following a solid start to their FIH Pro League campaign, but closing the gap rapidly are Belgium (3123) and England (3061), who also stand atop the Pro League table halfway through the season.
Reigning world champions Germany (3053) find themselves in fourth but within touching distance of a top-three spot, followed by India (2978) in fifth.
Australia (2824), Spain (2716), and Argentina (2682) have made mixed starts to their Pro League campaigns and find themselves in the sixth, seventh, and eighth spots in the world rankings. In ninth place are France (2116), ahead of Ireland (2091), who are yet to register a win in the Pro League this season.
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